Level 2 Lesson 18 / to be good/poor at ~ / 잘 하다/못 하다

안녕하세요. What are some things that you are good at? And what are some things that you are not so good at?

Find out how to say that in Korean through this lesson and let us know what you are good or bad at, in Korean! Leave us comments and we will help you make your sentences more natural!

Thank you as always for studying with us! 감사합니다.

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저는 먹는것을 좋아해요. 그러지만 요리를잘 못 해요. 엉엉- I like to eat but i´m not good at cooking *crying*
저는 요즘 자를 잘 못 했어요 그래서 잘공부할 수 없어요 – these days i´m not sleeping well so i can´t study well.
~could i use 잘 before 공부?
저는 한국어를 잘 하고 싶어요. 열심히 공부할거에요!! – i want to be good at korean. I will study hard!!
매년 여름는 가족하고 바다에 가요.그래서 저는아주 수영을 잘 해요- Every summer i go to the beach with my family. so i´m really good at swimming.
*Please correct me
And thank you for another great lesson !! Talk to me in korean 감사합니다!

Trinity

안녕하세요 ^_^ I think your sentences are really good, there are just a couple of things I noticed:

그러지만 —>그렇지만

자를 잘 못 했어요 —> 잘 못 자요 (자다 is not a 하다 verb so you just place 잘 못 in front of the conjugated verb – or you could even turn 자다 into a noun and say: 자기를 잘 못 해요)

And I think, but not 100% sure, that it is better to put 공부(를) 잘 할거예요
공부할 거에요 —> 공부할 거예요

I’m not an expert at all, so I may be wrong, but I think these were the only things. 잘 했어요!! 화이팅 ^_^

salsal

oh thank you so much!! yeh with the 하다 verbs i have to use the 를/을 like i did with 자다 (but that one was wrong lol). I’m going to practice this lesson and try to make some more sentences
and i have been writing 그러지만 in every lesson so thank you for poiting that out.
감사합니다!!

Trinity

No worries! 화이팅 ^_^

Chess8Ko

I’m not good at singing
노래를 잘못 헤요
My friend is good at swimming
저 친구는 수영을 잘 해요
I am bad at solving puzzles
저는 퍼즐을 잘못 풀어요
My handwritting is not good
저는 글씨를 잘 못 써요
I’m not good at writing
저는 글을 잘 못 써요
Are you good at eating spicy food?
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